In China,we can only adopt the legislationtransforming way in complying with and implementation of WTO agreements and cannot apply the agreements in our law-enforcing and judicial practice or even accord them priority,in the perspective of either the relations between international law and domestic law or the validity status of international treaties in China's domestic laws,according to either the nature and requirements of WTO agreements or the practice of the main WTO member countries and the position of Dispute Settlement Body.

This paper examines international agricultural trade disputes through Dispute Settlement Body of WTO since WTO came into existence and a logistic regression is explored to find out the eventual factors which determine the disputes.

The WTO rules need interpreting, and the Ministerial council, the general council, the experts for Dispute Settlement Organization and the appellate body are all legal subjects which have the authority to interpret relevant WTO regulations.

The negative consensus adopted by the Dispute Settlement Body and the rule-oriented practice of the panel and Appellate Body based on the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding have made the WTO dispute settlement system become more and more legal in nature.

According to the regulation of "dispute settlement understanding agreement" , associative parties of world trade organization can not only settle the dispute by negotiation among themselves, but also by dispute settlement body of world trade organization, if dispute arises among members of world trade organization.

Accordingly, EU Member States involved in a dispute that potentially raises issues of Community law are not allowed to bring the case before a dispute settlement body other than the ECJ.

Furthermore, Member States have the duty to inform and consult the Community institutions prior of bringing a case before another dispute settlement body.

It is analogous to the standard of proof imposed by US administrative law, and is also consistent with the position of the European Union and the holdings of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body in the beef hormones case.

Among WTO members, the findings of a dispute settlement body would presumably differ depending on the status of the target under the Kyoto Protocol.

A Dispute Settlement Body Panel was 20 It rendered a decision on December 21, 2000.

Paper presented on The deterrent value of the World Trade Organization's Dispute Settlement Understanding and alternative remedial mechanisms.

Since 1995, 321 cases have been initiated under the Dispute Settlement Understanding.

The WTO's Dispute Settlement Understanding created a notable appellate review system which has generated a more complex case law.

The review process covers issues in the order in which they arise in the Dispute Settlement Understanding itself.

The principle of reaching unanimity though reversing consultation has been established because of the shortcomeings of the GATT's solving dispute system. The establishment of this principle makes the WTO's solving dispute organizationget get forcible jurisdiction authority to settle trade dispute,and also makes it become a kind of judicial procedure.

After some analyses of cases related to juridical practice about agricultural products dispute between the WTO Agricultural Committee and the Dispute-Settlement Organization,this paper proposes that adjustable space for agriculture as well as tariff quota should be fully used to quicken the construction of the system of agricultural law in China .

The judicial regulations and procedures embody in the forms of negociation,mediation,concilitation and settlement,experts team,review of an appeal,DSB's supervision on concerned suggestions and decisions,enforcement,compensation,suspense of concession,and arbitration,etc.DSU has such features as:(1)the unity of dispute-settled procedures;(2)the specialization of dispute-settled organs;(3)the negative common recognization of the voting patterns;(4)the definitiveness of the procedures of the non-illegal actions;(5)the...

The judicial regulations and procedures embody in the forms of negociation,mediation,concilitation and settlement,experts team,review of an appeal,DSB's supervision on concerned suggestions and decisions,enforcement,compensation,suspense of concession,and arbitration,etc.DSU has such features as:(1)the unity of dispute-settled procedures;(2)the specialization of dispute-settled organs;(3)the negative common recognization of the voting patterns;(4)the definitiveness of the procedures of the non-illegal actions;(5)the definitiveness of the procedures of interval review and appeal review;(6)the definitiveness of time limit.Meanwhile,the WTO's judicature causes certain restrictions between WTO's justice and China's justice in many aspects,and the two should be connected to maxium degree.Under the rules of WTO,the judicature of China should choose to be open and autonomous.